#AAAE72#AAAE72

#AAAE72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.081 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE72
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 114)
HSL	hsl(64, 27%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(64, 34%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 34.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -10.98, 30.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 32.30, 109.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0295 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.081 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7511, 40.0335, 21.8129)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE72 #7672AE

analogous

#AE9472 #AAAE72 #8CAE72

triadic

#AAAE72 #72AAAE #AE72AA

tetradic

#AAAE72 #72AE94 #7672AE #AE728C

square

#AAAE72 #72AE94 #7672AE #AE728C

split-complementary

#AAAE72 #728CAE #9472AE

monochromatic

#66693C #8C9053 #AAAE72 #C1C499 #D9DBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AAAE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#AAAE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE72

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE72	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A96E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AB75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.081 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c69b',
    500: '#aaae72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae72;
$custom-light: #c4c69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 27.027,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73315,
    "c": 0.08064,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE72

secondary

#B3B2CA

accent

#64C36B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE72

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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